Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Unprecedented Pressures on Farmland — with 30 million Hectares Lost Annually — Poses ‘Direct Threat to the Right to Food of Rural Populations’, Third Committee Told

GA/SHC/3985

Unprecedented Pressures on Farmland — with 30 million Hectares Lost Annually — Poses ‘Direct Threat to the Right to Food of Rural Populations’, Third Committee Told

The world was witnessing a situation in which pressures on land and water were increasing at “unprecedented speed,” with dramatic consequences for millions of farmers, fishermen and indigenous people and their right to food, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) was told today.

First Committee Considers One of Greatest Contemporary Security Threats — Chemical, Biological Weapons, as Thematic Debates, Introduction of Drafts Continue

GA/DIS/3420

First Committee Considers One of Greatest Contemporary Security Threats — Chemical, Biological Weapons, as Thematic Debates, Introduction of Drafts Continue

Mounting a successful campaign to counter, and finally eradicate, what many perceived to be the greatest contemporary security threat — weapons of mass destruction — depended on concrete enforcement and verification, delegates heard today as the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) addressed some of the obstacles to strengthening the key conventions prohibiting biological and chemical weapons.

Past Trends towards Increasing ‘Criminalization’ of Irregular Migration Continue; Migrants Face Racism, Abuse, Appalling Housing Conditions, Third Committee Told

GA/SHC/3986

Past Trends towards Increasing ‘Criminalization’ of Irregular Migration Continue; Migrants Face Racism, Abuse, Appalling Housing Conditions, Third Committee Told

United Nations experts charged with examining the human rights of migrants told the Third Committee today that over the past two years the trend towards the “increasing criminalization” of irregular migration had continued, with migrants facing racist attacks, abuse and “appalling” housing conditions throughout the world.

General Assembly Elects 18 Members to Economic and Social Council

GA/11014

General Assembly Elects 18 Members to Economic and Social Council

The General Assembly today elected 18 members of the Economic and Social Council to serve three-year terms beginning 1 January 2011. Those elected today were Australia, Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Finland, Gabon, Hungary, Latvia, Malawi, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal and the United Kingdom.

No Greater Sign of Country’s Commitment to Collective Security than Willingness to Send Its Nationals into Harm’s Way under UN Flag, Fourth Committee Hears

GA/SPD/463

No Greater Sign of Country’s Commitment to Collective Security than Willingness to Send Its Nationals into Harm’s Way under UN Flag, Fourth Committee Hears

There was no greater sign of a Member State’s commitment to collective security than the willingness to send its nationals into harm’s way under the United Nations flag, Fourth Committee delegates heard today as their Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) entered day two of their annual discussion of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects.

Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Procedures for Electing Members to Executive Board of New United Nations Gender Entity

ECOSOC/6451

Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Procedures for Electing Members to Executive Board of New United Nations Gender Entity

The Economic and Social Council met this afternoon to adopt the procedures for electing members to the Executive Board of the new United Nations gender entity, and to fill vacancies in three of its subsidiary bodies.
Subscribe to